The urgent need for a Biden-Putin summit
If the leaders of the two countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear warheads can’t have a summit meeting and talk with each other, we’re in trouble. Real trouble.
US health care ranks last among the 11 developed nations
The Commonwealth Fund's evaluation report noted that "a drastic change in course" is needed to compete with similar nations.
Ships are dumping oil up to 3,000x per year in Europe’s waters, investigation finds
“Whether it is a lack of resources by relevant national authorities, or flaws in EMSA’s accountability system, bilge dumping remains an uncomfortable and toxic reality in our oceans.”
At least 29 dead after shootings in Texas and Ohio, with police probing alleged...
"We live in a country where the mass shooting that took place yesterday in El Paso, Texas is not the top story because there was another mass shooting overnight in Dayton, Ohio."
IDF operation rescues 4 hostages amid deadly assault, over 200 Palestinians killed
Israeli forces conducted a large-scale rescue mission, freeing four hostages from Gaza while over 200 Palestinians, including children, were killed in the process.
ACLU vows to keep fighting as Supreme Court allows Trump’s mostly Muslim travel ban...
The administration can now fully enforce its new restrictions on travel from eight countries, six of them predominantly Muslim.
Former New Jersey police officer sentenced to federal prison after recording assault on suicide...
On Tuesday, Then was sentenced today to six months in prison for concealing the assault of an attempted suicide victim by another police officer at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey.
Ralph Nader on single payer, climate devastation, impeachment & why Mulvaney is a ‘massive...
"Full Medicare for all is now supported by a majority of the American people, a modest majority of doctors, even bigger majority of nurses. What are we waiting for here? It’s much more efficient, as well."
Susan Sarandon & Linda Sarsour speak out as 630 women arrested protesting U.S. immigration...
Protesters, chanted “We care” and “Abolish ICE,” and wore mylar emergency blankets like those given to immigrants imprisoned in U.S. detention centers.
A promising new project to organize humanity’s universal heritage
An international group of researchers and data scientists are creating a comprehensive database of the world’s archaeological knowledge—and changing our understanding of humans’ prehistoric heritage.